Administrative Computing Services (ACS) is a part of the Information Technology Services at California State
University, Bakersfield. The department consists of Administrative Computing and System Operations support.
The Administrative Computing support staff provides implementation, development and maintenance support for the
University's Enterprise Application Systems, including but not limited to Banner, PeopleSoft, Runnercard and their
interfaces with other local and state application systems. These systems collectively provide administrative and
academic solutions for the business needs of the campus community and enhance the service delivery to students,
faculty and staff.
The Banner system provides support functions for the following areas:-
- Student information, including recruitment, admission, student records, registration, accounts receivable, academic history, curriculum and program planning/advising, catalog and class schedules, faculty information and self-service for faculty and students.
- Financial Aid, including applicant processing, need analysis and verification, requirements tracking, document imaging, budget assignment, packaging and disbursement. Additional functionalities include funds management, award history maintenance and various loans/grants processing.
- Advancement, including individual and organization records, membership tracking, prospect management, designation, campaign, pledge and gift processing.
The Banner Student system is scheduled to be migrated to PeopleSoft Student Administration system by October, 2008.
The PeopleSoft system provides support functions for:-
- Human Resources, including administer base benefits, recruit workforce, administer workforce and labor cost distribution.
- Finance, including general ledger, accounts payable and purchasing.
Additional functionalities for both Human Resources and Finance will be implemented by October, 2008.
The Runnercard system provides
support functions for the University's ID and debit cards.
System Operations Support staff are responsible for maintaining the operational status of all servers and mini/mainframe
computers housed in the Administrative Computing Services facility. Among the responsibilities of the System Operations
support staff are the maintenance of the Alpha systems used for academic and administrative computing, as well as the
various Intel-based servers used for Banner, PeopleSoft and Runnercard access.
The Operations staff provides additional support services, including:
- Maintenance of backups, including restoring files.
- Managing computer printer output.
- Processing OpScan jobs, such as OPSCAN student exams, SOCI, ELM/EPT, and surveys.
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